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VA Tech Alumnus Lewis Lanier Brings 50 Years of Cancer Immunotherapy Research to Roanoke

Lewis Lanier ’75 was an undergraduate at Virginia Tech when he took the virology class with Robert C. Bates that would change his career path. “I can still remember the sunshine coming...

Two Exhibitions in Roanoke Explore Appalachian Identity and the Newcomer Experience

A new exhibition at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine will bring together regional...

Trinity Commons Community Housewarming and Documentary Screening — April 8 in Roanoke

Restoration Housing invites the community to celebrate the transformation of the historic Trinity United Methodist...

LOVELIFE-Roanoke Plans Prayer Walk Saturday April 4 in Vinton

LOVELIFE-Roanoke to host another PRAYER WALK. This one IS THIS Saturday morning 4/4/2026 - at 9:00am...

Inside Fontainebleau Las Vegas: The Bold New Luxury Resort on the Strip

Fontainebleau Miami Beach has been a symbol of Florida luxury since 1954, so expectations were...

Steve Roberson: From Chopper Pilot to Award Winning Artist

Steve Roberson hasn’t been painting fine art all that long but he has always like to doodle and draw. That’ll happen when your father...

A Picture Perfect Event

Stephen Michael Harris strikes the perfect pose as he is “caught in the act” by Star-Sentinel contributing photographer Jessica Dodds in front of the...

A Howling Good Show By Some Very Talented Kids

Fifteen very talented high schoolers that attend classes at the Kevin Jones Performing Arts Studio in Southwest Roanoke County will take to the stage...

Opera Roanoke Opens “Faust and Furious!”

Opera Roanoke opened the 2010-11 season to a packed house  at the Jefferson Center with the French opera "Faust and Furious, A Ride with...

Beautiful Music at St. Andrews

The Roanoke College Jazz  Ensemble and Roanoke College Choirs presented a joint program on Sunday, October 10th at St Andrews Catholic Church to a...

Old World Meets New World at the 37th Blue Ridge Folklife Festival

With country cooks and crafters, wheat threshers and moonshiners, sheepherders and banjo frailers, the Ferrum College campus becomes a one-day showcase of western Virginia’s...